E-News  
  Issue 3 - August 2009  
 
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  Work under the Race Discrimination Ordinance  
 
We have stepped up our outreach activities to enhance public’s understanding of the Race Discrimination Ordinance (RDO) which became effective on 10 July 2009. Key activities include advertisements on local and ethnic minority newspapers, information leaflets in eight languages, TV and radio Announcements of Public Interests, docu-dramas, exhibitions and expansion of the scope of the Community Participation Funding Programme to include projects promoting the principles of the RDO and equal opportunities for ethnic minorities.
 
     
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  Upcoming Workshop on RDO – 29 August 2009 (Saturday) 2:30pm at EOC Office  
     
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  Making a Difference through Compensation and Other Means of Redress  
 
In our quest to ensure redress to the people aggrieved by unlawful discriminatory acts or acts of harassment, we try to settle a dispute through conciliation. Compensation results include apology, change of policy and practice, reinstatement of employment, etc. Additionally to date we have managed to secure monetary compensation of $32 million through conciliation and an additional amount of $25 million through legal assistance for the victims of discrimination on the grounds of sex, disability and family status.
 
     
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  Gender Equality and Gender Respect  
 
As a follow-up to our Study on Public Perception of Portrayal of Female Gender in the Hong Kong Media, we organized a seminar on 17 April 2009 to discuss the role of media in mainstreaming gender equality, awareness of gender stereotyping in society, and the ways for promoting gender equality and gender respect in future.
 
     
  Conference papers and video highlights